Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:23 Macalister/1945:494 Okasha/1993:79 |
Site: | YLMPN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1797 Polwhele, R. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 472: `At some time the stone has been used as a gatepost, and three deep square hollows have been cut in its back'. Okasha/1993, 338: `The stone was first recorded in 1797 by Polwhele when it was described as `lying...in the church-yard' and `being somewhat sunk in the earth by its weight, its thickness does not appear'...Gough, shows the stone lying on its side … [and] also gave the information that a Mr Jones had had `the grave opened, but he did not find any thing but the remains of bones'...By 1929 it was standing in front of the west end of the church'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 472: `granite'. |
Dimensions: | 1.8 x 0.47 x 0.16 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 338: `The stone is now in Yealmpton churchyard, on a grass bank outside the west door of the church'. |
Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 338: `complete, uncarved pillar-stone'. Width varies from 27 to 47cm, thickness 14 to 16cm. |
Condition: | complete , good Macalister/1945, 472, notes three holes cut into the back. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | G{O}REVS Expansion: GOREVS Macalister/1945 472 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1986): | GOREVS Expansion: GOREVS Translation: Gorevs (PN). Okasha/1993 339--340 reading only |
Thomas, C. (1994): | GOREVS Expansion: GOREVS Translation: Gorevs (PN). Thomas/1994 290 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | E ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pock Macalister/1945, 472: `pocked'. |
Date: | 400 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 600 - 699 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | name only (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Thomas/1994, 290: `in capitals except for G'. Okasha/1993, 338: `predominantly capital script'. Okasha/1993, 338, suggests that the large X shown in Gough's 1806 drawing may not have been original to the stone, but following Huebner she suggests it was a later addition. Macalister/1945, 472: `There is a dot in the middle of the O'. |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 472: `The inscription...[is] on the whole...in good condition: the first letter is slightly worn, and the lower extremity of the S spalled'. Okasha/1993, 338: `legible'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |